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Name______________ Social Studies/Mr. Lingner Mid-year Review Questions (Fill in the Answers ) Indus River Egypt Mesopotamia ______________ stumbled upon the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, two ancient Indus River civilizations. How did the ancient Egyptians demonstrate their belief in life after death? The Indus River Valley was in modern day ______________, wedged between the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas According to legend, who united Upper and Lower Egypt? A ziggurat would be an example of which trait of civilization? The _________of Heaven was a sign that a good ruler had the approval of the gods. The Neolithic Period was characterized by the change from hunting and gathering to_______? Mohenjo-Daro had a massive _______a walled in area, like a fortress in which people could go to if invaders attacked. She was the world’s first woman ruler, and she greatly increased Egypt’s wealth through trade. One reason for the development of an early civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys was that What great thing did Shi Huangdi do before he died? (To protect him in the afterlife) What does it mean to have a surplus of food? Archaeologists found over 2,000 ___________. They showed drawings of animals and a form of writing. Scholars cannot yet read this writing. This unlocked the key to understanding the hieroglyphics. The Sumerian city-states were found in Mesopotamia, which is a Greek word meaning, “The land between the rivers.” Between what two rivers was Mesopotamia found? The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow south east into this body of water. What does Confucius say is what every citizen should do? The river civilizations settled where they did because the land was ___________, or good for farming. In China, the role of family and respect for your elders is very important. TRUE or FALSE? Which river civilization did not have a central government, but 12 independent citystates? Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza? What is meant by the term “cuneiform?” This was built to keep invaders from entering China from its northern border. Other Stuff The ancient Egyptian picture writing system was called? _____________ was unique because it was a planned city with straight, paved streets in a pattern of squares, indoor plumbing connected to underground sewers, and garbage chutes. Hammurabi’s Code provided for different penalties according to what? China The Indian peninsula is so large it is called a __________a large landmass that is connected to a continent. The overland trade route on which silk and other goods were carried between Asia and Europe was called the One similarity in the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, ancient Indian (Harappan), and ancient Chinese civilizations was that they each developed what? One way in which the Huang Ho, the Indus, and the Nile civilizations were similar is that they each